Re-imagine a milk carton into this small world play scene! These inexpensive, paper props are a great to incorporate Halloween into your child’s play and of course we love using recyclables for another purpose.
Materials
- Printables: haunted house juice carton (Juice/ soy milk size) haunted house milk carton (milk carton size)
- Cardstock
- Beverage carton (the shape of a orange juice carton or milk carton: there are 2 sizes of printables)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Additional items
We always find these items useful too: 
Directions
- Wash your beverage carton throughly with soap and water and rinse it well, allowing it to dry overnight.
- Print your beverage carton house on thick paper such as cardstock and cut it out.
- Fold along the dotted lines.
- Glue the two pieces on the carton where the roof of the the haunted house lines up with the peaks of the milk carton near the top.
- Cut out the characters and props and glue the opposite duplicates back to back. Do the same with the stands. Make a cut along the dotted lines on the characters and the stands and insert them into one another. You could make paper items of your own to add.
- Set up your scene and add any things that you might like to enhance it (small toy figurines for trick or treaters etc.)
EXTENSION
- If you want to add a door for your characters to go into your haunted house, take a baby wipe lid and place it on the door of your haunted house.
- Open the lid and trace around the inside.
- Paint your lid with acrylic paint if you like.
- Have an adult cut out the traced portion.
- Glue the lid down with a sturdy/ child-safe glue.
- Allow to dry.
- Voila! A door to open your haunted house up!
If you like this idea, we also have:
A Beverage Carton Gingerbread House: http://make-it-your-own.com/beverage-carton-gingerbread-house-and-play-scene/
A Beverage Carton Paper Farm: http://make-it-your-own.com/paper-farm/
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Purpose
- Recognizing some of the symbols associated with various holidays and celebrations.
- Reusing recyclables.
- Encouraging play which incorporates communication, imagination and interaction!
Safety Notes
- We suggest that you use a tray and a smock to protect your clothing and surfaces.
- Use scissors with care and direct, adult supervision.
- Be sure to throughly WASH your beverage carton prior to use.Beads can be a choking hazard, therefore be sure to keep them out of the reach of children ages 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put things into their mouths.
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